According to The Daily Mail, the film will “follow Sir Elton’s life his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through to his influential musical partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin, played by Jamie Bell. It will document the life of the singer and songwriter from youth as a student to the start of his rock career in the 1970s and 80s.”

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charlie_jackpot

Johndoes

I think they’re referring to his level of sex appeal and not on how similar they actually look.

September 9, 2018 at 10:09pm

woodroad34

If that’s him in the picture…he looks remarkably like Elton.

September 11, 2018 at 1:09am

woodroad34

Let me re-phrase that….If that’s him in the picture above in this particular article…he looks remarkably like Elton John. However, after going to the link, I see that there’s some difficulty in thinking he’s Elton; and I think it’s because of the mouth. Elton had an expansive smile, while Taron’s mouth is pursed and makes him look like a shrill fish wife.

September 11, 2018 at 1:09am

MacAdvisor

If one goes to the link and looks at the side-by-side comparison, they really don’t look alike. Egerton has thicker and more hair, the glasses are wrong (they are missing the piece over the lens), John has major chest hair missing entirely from Egerton, and the mouths are entirely different. I am not sure they even look related, let alone close to the same.

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ptb2016

I’m amazed at how judgmental you guys are! One photo that looks to me like Elton, not Taron playing Elton, and you start slagging Taron off. Why not wait for the movie and see how much like Elton he is, when playing him. He’s an actor after all, so he’ll never be a double so cut the guy some slack before attacking him!